Etymologies

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Old English hungrig, from hungor 'hunger' (from the same). (Wiktionary)

Examples

Indeed, the newest report by the USDA shies away from using the term hungry in favor of the phrase "food insecure" even though it is the same group covered in earlier reports: people consuming less than 2,100 calories daily.

Hopefully we will get Memo back and I believe if we do that we can win both games at home. even with mehmo around i still don't think jazz is capable of beating the title hungry bryant and his lakers. this series is already wrapped up for the lakers.

Helping children of Chernobyl SILT - While 14-year-old Nastia Tysnul of Belarus was staying with Beth Dardynski and her husband, Jim Croy, of Silt this summer, she only knew three words in English - "hungry," "music" and "TV."